SHALLOTTE, NC (WWAY) — The Cape Fear has numerous sites and structures around the region which date back hundreds of years. But there’s one spot in Brunswick County still visible after more than 2,000 years – according to some.
A sprawling oak tree along Village Point Road in Shallotte Point is estimated by a few locals to be thousands of years old, with the circumference of the trunk measuring in yards and limbs spanning the length of a tennis court.
There’s even a sign on the trunk stating the age of the oak. If the date is right, it was standing and growing on the grounds 1,500 years before Europeans ever set foot in this part of the world…